English Explanatory Dictionary

patrial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
  2. Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent
noun
  1. One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
  2. A noun derived from the name of a country.

Word forms

patrial patrials

Etymology

From Latin patria (“fatherland, country”). The United Kingdom sense was first introduced by the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77).

Derived words

nonpatrial patriality
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